It was a HUGE success!!!... there weren't even crumbs left! (they picked at the pastry!)...
sis said: "You know I almost never compliment you on your cooking, but, this time, you outdid yourself! this is superb!"...
Yesterday we had 1 and today we had the other one (which turned out even better, because yesterday I left the pie in the oven for 45 minutes, but the pastry was not fully done... so we had to put it back...today, we left it in for 1 hour, and it was perfect!)
Princess Perky asked for the recipe...
Puff pastry
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2 1/2 cups cold flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup cold margarine, sliced
3/4 cup ice water
sift the cold flour and salt in a bowl. Add the margarine and mix with a wooden or plastic spoon. Little by little, add the ice water until forming a dough. (I did this with my hands...as quickly as possible, so as not to warm the dough!... they say this is part of the secret of the flakiness!) Place it on a floured work surface and roll out with a rolling pin. Fold in 3, turn over and roll out again. Fold again, turn over, and roll out again, fold again and chill for 30 minutes. (you'll roll out 3x)
Take out the dough, roll out 3 times as described above, chill again for another 30 minutes.
Take out, roll out... it's ready to use! (Mom used to say the secret for flakiness is in the folding and refolding!)
Filling
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Olive oil
3 garlic cloves- chopped
1 medium sized onion- chopped
1 medium sized cooking tomato- chopped
1 small sized green or red pepper- chopped
2 celery stalks, peeled and chopped
3 chicken breasts - boiled and diced/ make sure to save the broth!!!(used breasts just because that's what my family likes...)
1 medium sized carrot
canned peas - drained
canned mushrooms- sliced- drained
dry white wine (about 1/2 a cup?)
salt
pepper
Fry the garlic, onions, peppers, celery and tomatoes in the olive oil until tender, add the chicken. Then add the broth and the wine (sorry, I don't have exact measures, I just keep adding until it seems right!).
Let simmer for a while and add the carrots... again, let simmer for a while and add the peas and the mushrooms... let simmer until most of the liquid evaporates and the mix feels "mushy"... season with salt and pepper to taste.
Oh, we all agreed I need to make at least 3 pies for next time!!
Nanny told me she was always curious when Mom and Dora (she was mom's cook/maid) used to make pies, but was always hesitant to ask... so, with that, I let her watch the final stages... so I promised her next time I have a weekday off (she's off on weekends) we'll make one together, so she can learn!
Mother's chicken pie - III
November 28th, 2008 at 07:38 pm
November 29th, 2008 at 03:48 pm 1227973712
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December 6th, 2008 at 02:42 am 1228531330
I kept reading old old books about rolling and re-rolling, but never found a recipe with it..I am looking forward to trying it.
December 6th, 2008 at 05:42 pm 1228585361
thanks
December 8th, 2008 at 02:34 pm 1228746874
LOL! my stove doesn't have temperature settings for the oven... it just has a dial without numbers, so I always have to guess!
December 8th, 2008 at 06:19 pm 1228760341
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